Senator Magnus Abe has lost his appeal over the legality of the primary election conducted by the two factions of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers.
Abe had rejected the ruling of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt on January 7 nullifying the elections conducted by the two factions of the party in the state.
The court also ruled that the Independent National Electoral Commission should not accept the candidature of both Abe and Tonye Cole to represent the party on the basis that they were not conducted according to the law.
However, the Supreme Court in a fresh and unanimous ruling on Monday, Tanko Mohammed, acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, struck out the case on the basis that it lacks merit.